Photos

 

Coda: Asia, Where The Gongs Still Ring. Balinese Temple, Bali Indonesia, 2017.

 

Coda: Asia, Where The Gongs Still Ring. Ancient Rice Terraces, Bali Indonesia, 2017.

 

Verse 13 North America: The Indian Is In The Cowboy. Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge, 2016.

 

Verse 13 North America: The Indian Is In The Cowboy. Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge, 2016.

 

Verse 13 North America: The Indian Is In The Cowboy. Arctic Village in the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge, 2016.

 

Verse 12 Miss Delta: Even The Delta Gets The Blues. Delta blues legend CeDell Davis and Barrett on the banks of the Arkansas River, Little Rock, AR 2012.

 

Verse 11 Albuquerque, Jerusalem: The Illuminated Heart. Barrett in Jeruselam, 2005.

 

Verse 10 Peru: Woven Songs Of The Amazon. Shipibo Shaman-Singer-Weaver Herlinda Augustine, Upper Peruvian Amazon, 2004.

 

Verse 10 Peru: Woven Songs Of The Amazon. Shipibo women making a song cloth, Upper Peruvian Amazon, 2004.

 

Verse 9 Brazil: A Magical Bureaucracy. Barrett & Tree Sloth, Brazilian Amazon, 2016.

 

Verse 9 Brazil: A Magical Bureaucracy, Barrett, a baby dolphin, and guide, Brazilian Amazon, 2016.

 

Verse 8 Cuba: The Art Of Musical Diplomacy. Barrett & the Cuban Cigar Lady, Havana Cuba, 1999.

 

Verse 8 Cuba: The Art Of Musical Diplomacy. Santeria Drummer Oney Cumba Torres, Havana Cuba, 1999.

 

 

Verse 7 Senegal, Ghana: The Drummers Tell The Stories. Learning Ewe and Ashanti rhythms in Accra, Ghana 1998.

 

 

Verse 7 Senegal, Ghana: The Drummers Tell The Stories. Learning basic Kora technique, Dakar Senegal 1998.

 

Verse 7 Senegal, Ghana: The Drummers Tell The Stories. Wolof kids in our village outside Dakar, Senegal.

 

Verse 6 Dark Blues: A Very Mad Season. Mad Season “Live At The Moore Theatre” 1995. Left to right: John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Barrett Martin, Skerik, Mike McCready.

 

 

Verse 5 Belize: Ancestors In The New World – Barrett & Garifuna Drum Priest Joel Coleman, Hopkins Village, Belize 1998

 

 

Verse 4 Go Major: Bourbon And Brawling With The Trees. Screaming Trees Live on the Alternative Nation Tour, 1993.

 

Verse 4 Go Major: Bourbon And Brawling With The Trees. Barrett behind the kit, 1992.

 

Verse 3 Australia, New Zealand: Songlines And Seatrails. Barrett recording clapsticks at Kata Tjuta, Red Center of Australia, 1991.

 

Verse 2 DIY: Four Dudes, A Van, And A Spare Fan Belt. Skin Yard on our first and only European Tour, fall 1991.

 

Verse 2 DIY: Four Dudes, A Van, And A Spare Fan Belt. Skin Yard in Seattle 1991. Left to right: Ben McMillan, Barrett Martin, Jack Endino, Pat Pedersen.

 

Verse 2 DIY: Four Dudes, A Van, And A Spare Fan Belt. Barrett working on the Skin Yard van, a requirement for all indie bands back in 1990.

 

Verse 1 Seattle: The Leaden Skies Of Grunge. My first band, Thin Men, on a Seattle rooftop, 1988. Left to right: Barrett Martin, Ben Floresca, Tom Gnoza, Pat Pedersen.

 

Prelude: A Universe Made Of Song. Barrett and his first drum set, 1977.